five ways to support trees for troops
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The 2009 Trees for Troops program -- a joint project of the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation and FedEx Freight -- will touch more than 15,000 military families at 53 bases around the world by giving them a free, farm-grown Christmas tree for the holidays. You can help and say thanks to military families this year. Here's how.TRANSCRIPT
Trees for Troops
You Can Help
Trees for Troops is…
• A program of the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation with support of U.S. tree growers & retailers & FedEx Freight
• Provides free, farm-grown Christmas trees to military families … all branches of service
• In four years, Trees for Troops has touched lives of 50,082 families around the world
• www.ChristmasSPIRITFoundation.org
Five Ways To
• Get Cool Stuff • Have Fun• Help the Program• Say “Thank you for your
service”
T4T Ornaments
• Buy an ornament for yourself $30• Buy two: one for you; one for a military family
$50• http://bit.ly/1xqThk
T4T Apparel
• Order Apparel … $5 donation to Trees for Troops for each item purchased
• Products for Good: http://bit.ly/3ZXqGp
Trees for Troops Weekend
• Buy a tree and put it on FedEx Trailer• At participating farms and lots http://
www.treesfortroops.org/ • Not near a participating lot? Contact them
to pre-order your donated tree
• Locally hosted events (mostly) during week of Veterans Day (Nov 7-14, 2009)
• Honor veterans, support Trees for Troops, have fun
• Examples:– Buffalo Wild Wings, Creve Coeur, MO Nov.
11– UT Federal Credit Union
Host or Attend a Fundraising Event
Trees for Troops Videos
• Thanks from families http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTlo8zNPXM
• T4T Weekend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=189WYFlmwAQ• T4T Summit Award:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2S_EXBmWMU • TweetUp4Troops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86avbhbEPuk• TweetUp4Troops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=oRLTkdTgxBs • T4T 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddkvf6Kj9HE • T4T 2007: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bvkhxk1r-I • T4T: Nellis AFB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIHPIfL3bho • T4T: Ft. Lewis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbk9azqCS-M
Christmas SPIRIT Foundation636/449-5060www.ChristmasSPIRITFoundation.org